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Determine if the equations are parallel, perpendicular, or neither

y = 3x + 5 and y = -1/3x +6
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Answer: Perpendicular.

Explanation:

If you multiply the slopes together you will get -1:


3 * -(1)/(3) = -1

Parallel means they have the same slope, so that is easily ruled out here.

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